The 29-year-old had paid a £5,000 deposit plus £850 a day to rent the supercar
for a family wedding

The scene after an unlucky driver crashed a £220,000 Ferrari hire car into a house and under a taxiPhoto: Jamie Ford / SWNS

By Lucy Clarke-Billings

3:05PM BST 18 Aug 2015

A 29-year-old man hired a £220,000 Ferrari for a family wedding and within hours had written off the car by crashing it into a house.

It is understood the driver had rented the 202mph supercar for a family wedding when he smashed into the side of the terraced home on Sunday night.

Nobody was injured when the red and grey 458 Italia hit a low brick wall and wedged itself underneath a grey VW Passat taxi, however the car hire firm Prestige Lifestyle said the motor belonged to them and had been totally written off - with just 4,600 miles on the clock.

The scene after an unlucky driver crashed a £220,000 Ferrari hire car into a house and under a taxi Photo: Jamie Ford / SWNS

Co-owner Jamie Ford, 26, from Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, said: "When I saw what had happened I was absolutely devastated.

"They have done a really good job of crashing it and writing it off. It took three minutes for the insurance assessors to write it off.

"I just wish people had more respect for super cars. People need to realise that they are not invincible."

The accident - which also involved a Vauxhall Astra - happened at around 7pm in a residential street in Luton, Bedfordshire on Sunday.

The scene after an unlucky driver crashed a £220,000 Ferrari hire car into a house and under a taxi Photo: Jamie Ford / SWNS

Jamie said a 29-year-old man had paid a £5,000 deposit plus £850 a day to hire the '64 plate vehicle from their depot in Shoreham-by-Sea on Thursday and was due to returned it on Monday.

He added: "We can deal with scratches and little dents, but this is absolutely gutting."

The scene after an unlucky driver crashed a £220,000 Ferrari hire car into a house and under a taxi Photo: Jamie Ford / SWNS

Bedfordshire Police said: "We were called at approximately 7pm on Sunday to reports of a three vehicle road traffic collision in which one car collided with a wall.

"The incident happened in Selbourne Road and involved a Ferrari, a VW Passat and a Vauxhall Astra."